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Helping patients to understand their medicines
Author(s) -
Thompson Angus
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
prescriber
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.106
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1931-2253
pISSN - 0959-6682
DOI - 10.1002/psb.1996
Subject(s) - medicine , conversation , general partnership , alternative medicine , traditional medicine , medical education , psychology , communication , law , pathology , political science
Spending time in conversation with patients helps them to become well informed and active participants in the therapeutic partnership. Angus Thompson describes how analogies and imagery can sometimes be useful to help patients understand the purpose of their medicines and the reasons behind treatment decisions.